महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-71, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्तु कृष्णेन धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ।
व्यासमामन्त्र्य मेधावी ततो वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktastu kṛṣṇena dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
vyāsamāmantrya medhāvī tato vacanamabravīt.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca evam uktaḥ tu kṛṣṇena dharmaputraḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ vyāsam āmantrya medhāvī tataḥ vacanam abravīt

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca.
kṛṣṇena evam uktaḥ dharmaputraḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ,
medhāvī,
vyāsam āmantrya,
tataḥ vacanam abravīt.

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Addressed thus by Kṛṣṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of dharma (dharma), the intelligent one, then having consulted Vyāsa, spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, narrator of Mahābhārata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken to, addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

• तु (tu) - (emphatic particle) (but, indeed, however)

• कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa

• धर्मपुत्रः (dharmaputraḥ) - the son of dharma (Dharma) (son of Dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira)

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

• व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyāsa (name of a sage)

• आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having consulted (having consulted, having invited)

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - the intelligent one (intelligent, wise)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, afterwards)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (as object) (word, speech, saying)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he spoke, he said)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, narrator of Mahābhārata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of the narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya)

Nominative singular masculine

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active (lit)

third person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Adverb

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken to, addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, uttered

Past Passive Participle

From root `vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - (emphatic particle) (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle

कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (name of the deity), dark, black

Instrumental singular masculine

धर्मपुत्रः (dharmaputraḥ) - the son of dharma (Dharma) (son of Dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmaputra

dharmaputra - son of Dharma (the deity of righteousness), Yudhiṣṭhira

Tatpurusha compound of `dharma` and `putra`. Nominative singular masculine.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+putra)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution, religion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an apposition to `yudhiṣṭhiraḥ`.

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (steadfast in battle), name of the eldest Pāṇḍava

Nominative singular masculine

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudhi+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Locative case `yudhi` is unusual in a compound (aluk samāsa)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  From root `sthā` (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyāsa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (name of a sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahābhārata)

Accusative singular masculine

आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having consulted (having consulted, having invited)

(indeclinable)

Gerund / Absolutive

From root `mantr` (to consult, deliberate) with prefix `ā`. Special form of gerund ending in `-ya` after prefixes.

Prefix: ā

Root: mantr (class 10)

मेधावी (medhāvī) - the intelligent one (intelligent, wise)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, wise, discerning, possessing intellect

Nominative singular masculine (N-stem)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time/sequence, from pronominal stem `tad` (that)

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (as object) (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, declaration

Accusative singular neuter

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect active (laṅ)

third person singular, Parasmaipada, from root `brū` (or `vac`)

Root: brū (class 2)